#73B0CA#73B0CA

#73B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.073 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B0CA
RGB	rgb(115, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -12.86, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 23.25, 236.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0502 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.073 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2525, 38.9575, 61.6330)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B0CA #CA8D73

analogous

#73CAB9 #73B0CA #7385CA

triadic

#73B0CA #CA73B0 #B0CA73

tetradic

#73B0CA #B973CA #CA8D73 #85CA73

square

#73B0CA #B973CA #CA8D73 #85CA73

split-complementary

#73B0CA #CA7385 #CAB973

monochromatic

#35738D #4797B9 #73B0CA #9FC9DB #CCE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#73B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#73B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B0CA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B0CA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.073 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7da',
    500: '#73b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b0ca;
$custom-light: #9fc7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.931,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72519,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B0CA

secondary

#DCC6BC

accent

#572DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B0CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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